Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
A lot of us over this dude of the pond grew up in a time where most air rifles struggled to get much beyond 10 ft/lbs, and they did the job just fine on things like squirrels.

Pneumatics tend to make higher power with heavier pellets, whereas your Hobbys are about as light as a lead pellet gets.
Geezer you were right on; tried a Crosman 14.3 grain doomed pellet and got the same speeds as the lighter hobbies. With 10 pumps I was still at 597 with the heavier pellet made 11.30 foot pounds.